scholarly journals <em>Allium cepa </em>L. <em>s</em>eed inoculation with a consortium of plant growth-promoting bacteria: effects on plant growth and development and soil fertility status and microbial community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Pellegrini ◽  
Daniela Spera ◽  
Claudia Ercole ◽  
Maddalena del Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Fertility Status ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
Soil Fertility Status

scholarly journals Allium cepa L. Inoculation with a Consortium of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Effects on Plant Growth and Development and Soil Fertility Status and Microbial Community

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Marika Pellegrini ◽  
Daniela M. Spera ◽  
Claudia Ercole ◽  
Maddalena del Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Allium Cepa ◽  
Bacterial Consortium ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Allium Cepa L ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
Molecular Profiles

The present work was aimed at investigating the effects of a four strains consortium—Azospirillum brasilense, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, and Burkholderia ambifaria—on crops of Allium cepa L. and its soil health. The bacterial consortium was inoculated on seeds of two different onion varieties; inoculated seeds and control ones (treated with autoclaved inoculum) were sown in open-field and followed until harvest. Plant growth development parameters, as well as soil physico-chemical and molecular profiles (DNA extraction and 16S community sequencing on the Mi-Seq Illumina platform), were investigated. The results showed a positive influence of bacterial application on plant growth, with increased plant height (+18%), total chlorophylls (+42%), crop yields (+13%), and bulbs dry matter (+3%) than the control. The differences between control and treated experimental conditions were also underlined in the bulb extracts in terms of total phenolic contents (+25%) and antioxidant activities (+20%). Soil fertility and microbial community structure and diversity were also positively affected by the bacterial inoculum. At harvest, the soil with the presence of the bacterial consortium showed an increase of total organic carbon, organic matter, and available P and higher concentrations of nutrients than control. The ecological indexes calculated on the molecular profiles showed that community diversity was positively affected by the bacterial treatment. The present work allowed to remark the effective use of plant growth-promoting bacteria as a valid fertilization strategy to improve yield in productive landscapes, whilst safeguarding soil biodiversity.

scholarly journals Effect of Pyroligneous Acid on the Microbial Community Composition and Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in Soils

Soil Systems ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Anithadevi Kenday Sivaram ◽  
Logeshwaran Panneerselvan ◽  
Kannappar Mukunthan ◽  
Mallavarapu Megharaj
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Pyroligneous Acid ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting

Pyroligneous acid (PA) is often used in agriculture as a plant growth and yield enhancer. However, the influence of PA application on soil microorganisms is not often studied. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effect of PA (0.01–5% w/w in soil) on the microbial diversity in two different soils. At the end of eight weeks of incubation, soil microbial community dynamics were determined by Illumina-MiSeq sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. The microbial composition differed between the lower (0.01% and 0.1%) and the higher (1% and 5%) concentration in both PA spiked soils. The lower concentration of PA resulted in higher microbial diversity and dehydrogenase activity (DHA) compared to the un-spiked control and the soil spiked with high PA concentrations. Interestingly, PA-induced plant growth-promoting bacterial (PGPB) genera include Bradyrhizobium, Azospirillum, Pseudomonas, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium, Herbaspiriluum, Acetobacter, Beijerinckia, and Nitrosomonas at lower concentrations. Additionally, the PICRUSt functional analysis revealed the predominance of metabolism as the functional module’s primary component in both soils spiked with 0.01% and 0.1% PA. Overall, the results elucidated that PA application in soil at lower concentrations promoted soil DHA and microbial enrichment, particularly the PGPB genera, and thus have great implications for improving soil health.

scholarly journals Daucus carota L. Seed Inoculation with a Consortium of Bacteria Improves Plant Growth, Soil Fertility Status and Microbial Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3274
Author(s):  
Marika Pellegrini ◽  
Giancarlo Pagnani ◽  
Massimiliano Rossi ◽  
Sara D’Egidio ◽  
Maddalena Del Gallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Open Field ◽  
Bacterial Consortium ◽  
Daucus Carota L ◽  
Carrot Plant ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Soil Fertility Status

The present work aimed to study suitability of a consortium of Azospirillum brasilense, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, and Burkholderia ambifaria as biofertilizers. Strains were assayed for plant growth-promoting characteristics (i.e., auxins production, phosphate solubilizing capability, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity). The consortium of four bacteria was then inoculated on carrot seeds and tested in an open field experiment. During the open field experiment, plant growth (morphological parameters, chlorophylls, and carotenoids), soil chemical analysis, and molecular and physiological profiles of soils were investigated. Each strain produced different amounts of indole-3acetic acid and several indole-derivates molecules. All strains showed phosphate solubilization capability, while 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity was only detected in H. seropedicae and B. ambifaria. The bacterial consortium of the four strains gave interesting results in the open field cultivation of carrot. Plant development was positively affected by the presence of the consortium, as was soil fertility and microbial community structure and diversity. The present work allowed for deepening our knowledge on four bacteria, already known for years for having several interesting characteristics, but whose interactions were almost unknown, particularly in view of their use as a consortium in a valid fertilization strategy, in substitution of agrochemicals for a sustainable agriculture.

scholarly journals Allium cepa L. Inoculation with a Consortium of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Effects on Plants, Soil, and the Autochthonous Microbial Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Marika Pellegrini ◽  
Daniela M. Spera ◽  
Claudia Ercole ◽  
Maddalena Del Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Allium Cepa ◽  
Bacterial Consortium ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Allium Cepa L ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
Molecular Profiles

The present work was aimed at investigating the effects of a four bacterial strain consortium—Azospirillum brasilense, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, Herbaspirillum seropedicae, and Burkholderia ambifaria—on Allium cepa L. and on soil health. The bacterial consortium was inoculated on seeds of two different onion varieties; inoculated and Control seeds (treated with autoclaved inoculum) were sown in an open-field and followed until harvest. Plant growth development parameters, as well as soil physico–chemical and molecular profiles (DNA extraction and 16S community sequencing on the Mi-Seq Illumina platform), were investigated. The results showed a positive influence of bacterial application on plant growth, with increased plant height (+18%), total chlorophylls (+42%), crop yields (+13%), and bulb dry matter (+3%) with respect to the Control. The differences between Control and treatments were also underlined in the bulb extracts in terms of total phenolic contents (+25%) and antioxidant activities (+20%). Soil fertility and microbial community structure and diversity were also positively affected by the bacterial inoculum. At harvest, the soil with the presence of the bacterial consortium showed an increase in total organic carbon, organic matter, and available phosphorus, as well as higher concentrations of nutrients than the Control. The ecological indexes calculated from the molecular profiles showed that community diversity was positively affected by the bacterial treatment. The present work showed the effective use of plant growth-promoting bacteria as a valid fertilization strategy to improve yield in productive landscapes whilst safeguarding soil biodiversity.

Isolation and identification of plant growth-promoting bacteria associated with tall fescue

2009 ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Monk ◽  
E. Gerard ◽  
S. Young ◽  
K. Widdup ◽  
M. O'Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Beneficial Bacteria ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is a useful alternative to ryegrass in New Zealand pasture but it is slow to establish. Naturally occurring beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere can improve plant growth and health through a variety of direct and indirect mechanisms. Keywords: rhizosphere, endorhiza, auxin, siderophore, P-solubilisation

Effect of plant growth promoting bacteria and drought on spring maize (Zea mays L.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mubeen ◽  
Asghari Bano ◽  
Barkat Ali ◽  
Zia Ul Islam ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria ◽  
Spring Maize ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting
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